“At that moment, Harry fully understood for the first time why people said Dumbledore was the only wizard Voldemort had ever feared. The look upon Dumbledore's face as he stared down at the unconscious form of Mad-Eye moody was more terrible than Harry could have ever imagined. There was no benign smile upon Dumbledore's face, no twinkle in the eyes behind the spectacles. There was cold fury in every line of the ancient face; a sense of power radiated from Dumbledore as though he were giving off burning heat.” PeopleGivingFirstsLooksSaidMomentsEyeFacesFormLinesBehindsColdTerribleUnderstoodFirst TimeMadAncientBurningHeatUnconsciousThat MomentWizardsFuryBenignSpectaclesMoodyMad Eye Moody Author:J. K. Rowling
“In my lifetime I was to write only one book, this would be the one. Just as the past Lingers in the present, all my writings after night, including those that deal with biblical, Talmudic, or Hasidic themes, profoundly bear it's stamp, and cannot be understood if one has not read this very first of my works. Why did I write it? Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of the madness, the immense, terrifying madness that had erupted in history and in the conscience of mankind?” IfsWritingFirstsBookWould BePastNightOrderDealsMankindBearsUnderstoodConscienceMadnessMadLifetimeIncludingContraryThemeImmenseBiblicalStamps Book:Night Source: Night
“At that moment a very good thing was happening to her. Four good things had happened to her, in fact, since she came to Misselthwaite Manor. She had felt as if she had understood a robin and that he had understood her; she had run in the wind until her blood had grown warm; she had been healthily hungry for the first time in her life; and she had found out what it was to be sorry for someone.” IfsFirstsMomentsFactsRunningFoundFeltFourHappenedBloodWindHappeningsUnderstoodFirst TimeGood ThingsSorryVery GoodWarmHungryThat MomentRobins Book:The Secret Garden Source: The Secret Garden
“My wife was the first romantic partner who understood both American and native parts of me - not so much the positive stuff, but the damage.” FirstsStuffWifePositiveUnderstoodMy WifePartnersDamageNativeDamage Is Done Author:Sherman Alexie